Point standings (top 10) following the 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 20th of 21 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series - 

Final round-by-round results from the 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 20th of 21 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:

Robert Hight ensured the last race of the season, as close to his home base of Yorba Linda, Ca., will be the site of a great Funny Car battle. He scored a clean sweep of the division at the NHRA Nevada Nationals and in doing so pulled to within 17 points of the class lead.

Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock), and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

In a battle of the top two seeded Funny Cars in the qualified field, Hight went 3.851 seconds at 326.79 mph in his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro to defeat Bob Tasca III in the final round, earning his fourth victory of the 2023 season and the 65th in his career. He now trails Matt Hagan by 17 points with one race remaining, with Tasca just 15 points out of first.

Bob Tasca III was as calm as someone who could be for having his No. 1 qualifying run disallowed on a technical violation. His assessment of Saturday evening's disqualification was, "It's [NHRA's] basketball court."

Tasca's 3.842, 336.74 run was squelched when his headers were not deemed to violate the laid back header angle rules but instead had a width discrepancy.

"My problem with the whole situation is all weekend, there's been a witch hunt out here for header issues," Tasca said. "On Thursday, we brought all our headers down to NHRA, wanted to make sure all the angles were right. All our angles were correct, no issues. All our headers passed. The car runs great. Saturday night they [NHRA] decide to measure the overall width of the header."

Paul Lee didn't have the fastest Funny Car at the NHRA Nevada Nationals in qualifying. And he's okay with that. 

What he did have was one of the most consistent race cars on the property with his FTI Performance-sponsored entry. Lee had three runs between 3.915 and 3.929. His fourth run was a 3.955.

Lee said he will take this kind of performance all day long. 

Kyle Koretsky is likely out of the mix to win an NHRA Pro Stock world championship this season.

However, he did play his part as spoiler grabbing the No. 1 qualifying spot at the Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas Saturday.

Koretsky, who drives for the KB Titan Racing team, clocked a 6.589-second elapsed time at 205.66 mph in Q4 Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In a late Saturday night release by NHRA, breaking news developed in the nitro Funny Car class.

Bob Tasca III’s 3.842-second elapsed time at a track-record speed of 336.74 mph in Q4 Saturday evening to claim the No. 1 qualifying position at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was disqualified due to a failed post-run inspection.

J.R. Todd and Jeff Diehl also had their Q4 runs thrown out because of failed post-run inspections.

The NHRA’s Funny Car championship battle promises to be one of the best the series has ever seen. Saturday evening, after watching Robert Hight thunder to the top spot, Bob Tasca III returned on the final day of qualifying to nail down the No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas. 

Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Kyle Koretsky (Pro Stock), and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) closed the day as leaders of their respective categories in the 20th of 21 races during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season and the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

Tasca left little room for doubt as he blistered The Strip at Las Vegas Speedway's 1,000-foot course with a 3.842-second pass at 336.74 mph in his PPG Ford Mustang. The run was the fastest in the history of the track, and secured his eighth No. 1 qualifier of the year.

Let the record reflect: Clay Millican wasn't angry he was disqualified from the NHRA FallNationals for having unsecured ballast on his Top Fuel dragster. After all, in his world, rules are rules, and he was taught as a kid growing up in Drummonds, Tenn., to play by the rules.

Drag Racing fans might be hearing about Millican's disqualification for the first time because the disciplinary action wasn't publicized. Nor was it delivered in a timely fashion. 

"Probably more than anything, I was taken aback a little by the fact that it took six days for us to know that that happened, which I found to be strange," Millican said.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, unless the NHRA's tech department disqualifies you. 

The NHRA disqualified four Pro Stock cars from Friday's Q2 session at the NHRA Nevada Nationals for a safety violation. 

All four disqualified runs were from Elite Performance cars, including No. 1 qualifier Erica Enders. Jeg Coughlin Jr., Aaron Stanfield, and Jerry Tucker also had their runs thrown out.